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Race and the UK church: a personal reflection
The issue of race and racism has been a hot topic over the last few weeks, with the twittersphere abuzz with comment and reflections following the violent scenes in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 12 August, and President Trump's subsequent comments [i]. As I've reflected on the scenes over the…
Steve Clifford
The Public Leader programme
Leadership is not just about influence; it’s about transformation. Yet at times, the pressures can feel overwhelming – whether trying to find personal transformation, staying faithful in the storm, or bringing meaningful change to your context. The Public Leader programme is a 12-month…
The Evangelical Alliance asks, What kind of society?
The Evangelical Alliance's new resource What kind of society? calls on Christians to provide a new vision and hope for our society. The Alliance wants Christians to speak and work for a society which is built on four principles: love, freedom, justice and truth. What kind of society? explores the…
We need to intercede
This tragic news came a couple of days after we joined in fellowship to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour. But, the reality is, that deaths and life-threatening injuries of this nature are a regular occurrence in the capital. Two days after the shootings, a teenage boy was stabbed…
Naomi Osinnowo
5 reasons why Above and Beyond is an essential day for your church
Join us for Above and Beyond, a day conference helping you to run your church or charity excellently by complying with the law and regulations. Here we explain why it's a day you and your church shouldn't miss. 1. Virtually all churches are charities, so understanding what that means and requires…
Danny Webster
Providing refuge for the Iraqi victims of IS
“They looked like me, they dressed like me,” Maran recalls. “They were doctors, nurses, well-educated people, who looked like my uncles, my aunts. They were on the floor, with nothing, traumatised. The kids couldn’t speak – they were in complete shock.” So she began taking beds, food and meeting…
Guest writer
Hope in Northern Ireland: past, present and future
It may seem a strange time to write about ‘hope’ in relation to Northern Ireland. Despite a period of relative stability, in recent months the dominant media narrative has turned much more negative. At the time of writing, the Northern Ireland Assembly has not sat in Stormont for months, and…
Heather Tomlinson
The hopes of 1846 evangelicals for unity have been realised, 170 years on
There were differences on theological topics from infant baptism to slavery. The biggest rift was between the established Anglican churches and those in the Congregational or ‘Free’ churches. That evangelicals within the Anglican and Free churches are broadly unified now is partly due to the hard…
Kim Walker
Nurturing the leaders of the future
This means that bringing hope and good leadership into the public arena is needed now more than ever. From the local community centre to our national parliaments, from the staff room to the boardroom, we need hope-filled Christian public leaders who are living out the kingdom of God in every area…
Kieran Turner
The Evangelical Alliance’s work towards religious freedom for all
Resolutions passed at the founding conference in August 1846 and at the inaugural British conference in November 1846, the Alliance’s intention to support “those who may be engaged amidst peculiar difficulties and opposition” were declared. Sir Culling Eardley Smith was one of the key founders of…
Kim Walker
Andy Bannister
He says while sometimes it’s easier for Christians to believe it, we must be careful not to use it as an excuse. There are ‘green shoots’ of church growth everywhere and it’s exciting. But with a PhD in Islam and stories of being ‘demolished’ by Muslims who made him question his confidence in his…
Amaris Cole
How 'Discovering Jesus' is changing lives
Approximately 14,000 copies have been sold and in 2014, the Discovering Jesus through Asian eyes discussion course was launched to accompany the booklet and enable people to explore with their friends what the Bible says about these questions. Even in the early trials of the course, Muslim, Hindu…
Alexandra Davis
Risk and relationship: partnering up with the Human Rights Commission in Northern Ireland
Protecting the right to freedom of conscience, thought and religion goes right to the heart of the kind of society that we all want to live in. That is the message from the launch of a joint project by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland. The…
David Smyth
Ealing Council’s decision to institute a censorship zone is a brazen attack on civil liberties
On Tuesday, 10 April, Ealing Council’s cabinet voted to introduce a ‘safe zone’ outside of the Marie Stopes abortion centre on Mattock Lane. Ealing Council said that it was an “absolutely necessary” move to combat rife “harassment and intimidation” occurring outside the centre. Council leader…
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Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly… don’t gentrify?
The busy but previously neglected zone 2 enclave of Peckham is having its moment. Whether that moment is one of progress or destruction depends on your perspective. Hailed by publications as remote as American Vogue as a “cultural epicentre” after years of association with “Only Fools and Horses…
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